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Another hang on Welcome screen, windows 7
Did quite a bit of searching, and am now stuck, so I thought I would post my own thread.
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, builder version, SP 1 part of install disk.
Just upgraded my case, transferred all equipment (on static mat with grounding strap to me attached to case), plugged everything back in. When I booted up, posted fine, got to login screen fine, then when it got to "Welcome" screen, it seemed to just sit with the "loading" circle constantly spinning.
I can get into safe mode with no problem. Running repair with disk returned with no errors.
The only thing I changed internally was -1 front usb connection, and I now have my HDD and Optical drive hooked into SATA 6 ports, before Optical was SATA 6 port and HDD was SATA 3 port. BIOS is seeing HDD and Optical at correct locations.
Interesting note, when I loaded up safe mode, I got a message saying the computer had to be restarted for changes to take effect. All updates to Windows must be approved by me before downloading and installing.
Any thoughts or ideas? Altho I'm no stranger to doing HDD wipes and full re-installs, I would like to avoid this if possible.